Have just been told that one of our local community has passed away, this is Milton Jones the framebuilder of the M H Jones bikes that you still see around Perth. He used to also be known by the nickname of Spike Jones but never liked this 'though I think that he had to put up with worse annoyances as a custom framebuilder.

Back in the 80's and early 90's in Perth when roadracing was booming and timetrialling, MTBs and triathlon (even Audax) events and clubs popped up we were living in the back of beyond. If you wanted a decent bike, especially if you were tall or short, there wasn't much available in Perth and framebuilders like MH Jones, Karl Wetton at Avocet Cycles and Aldo Contarino at Quantum Cycles were important to the health of our favourite pastime. Nowadays we are swamped by choice and variety in the LBSs and internet. Even when Milton went parttime in the early 00's he was still sought after for repairs and dabbled in retros and tricycles for disabled riders. Milton also has a history with the first recumbents in Perth.

He will be missed. Details of his funeral will appear in the West Australian shortly.

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